Template:Basketballstats/doc

Guidelines
This will create an external link to the statistics for a basketball player.

Usage
This template can accept a  parameter which will prevent it from emitting a bullet. The template takes up to two additional parameters:

NBA

 * nba, for National Basketball Association (NBA) players (active or retired):
 * For active players, you may use the ID which appears at the end of the URL:
 * For retired/historical players, you must use the player's ID number as it appears the end of the URL: . The URL may have   at the end, which may be ignored.
 * bbr, for NBA or original American Basketball Association players, the id as it appears after  and before   in its Basketball-Reference.com player page URL

WNBA

 * wnba, for Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) players.
 * For active players, you may use the player's name, all lowercase, with hyphens replacing spaces. URL:
 * For retired/historical players, you must use the player's ID number as it appears the end of the URL:.
 * wbbr, for WNBA players, the id as it appears after  and before   in its Basketball-Reference.com player page URL

NBA

 * NBA player Stephen Curry (using ID from URL):

Usage

Output

URLs
 * https://www.nba.com/players/stephen/curry/201939 (redirects to https://www.nba.com/player/201939)
 * https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/curryst01.html


 * Retired NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (must use ID number):

Usage

Output

URLs
 * https://stats.nba.com/player/76003/ (redirects to https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76003)
 * https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/abdulka01.html

WNBA

 * Current WNBA player Natasha Howard (using name – lowercase, replace spaces with hyphens):

Usage

Output

URLs
 * https://www.wnba.com/player/natasha-howard/ (redirects to https://www.wnba.com/player/203827/natasha-howard)
 * https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/h/howarna01w.html


 * Retired WNBA player Vicki Hall (must use ID number):

Usage

Output

URLs
 * https://stats.wnba.com/player/100458/
 * https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/h/hallvi01w.html